Photographic-printing frame.



J. G. MORGAN.

PHOTOGRAPHIG PRINTING FRAME.

APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 2, 1908.

909,639. Patented Jan. 909.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 909,639, 1908 Patented Jan. 12, 1909;

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rill A i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. MORGAN, OF RIPLEY, WEST VIRGINIA.

PHOTOGRAPHIC-PRINTING FRAME.

T 0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ripley, in the county of Jackson and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photographic- Printing Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in photographic printing frames and the object in view is to produce a simple and efficient device of this nature for printing one or more negatives formed upon a single plate, and comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a sectional view through a frame showing in elevation the means for holding the negative within a frame. Fig. 2 is a sectional view at right angles to the plane of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a face view of the frame showing a tissue covered glass held to the frame. Fig. 4: is a face view of one side of the frame showing the detachable shutters adjusted in place, the tissue covered glass being removed. Fig. 5 is a detail View of one of the removable shutters, and Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Reference now being had to the details of drawings by letter, A designates a printing frame having the longitudinal strips B resting upon shoulders of two of the opposite sides thereof, and C designates a negative adapted to be seated in the grooves of said strips, one end of the negative adapted to engage a groove D formed in the inner edge of the end of the frame while its opposite end is held by means of the yielding springactuated strip D which is grooved as at D upon its edge to receive the end of the negative. Said strip D serves to normally hold the negative in place. The usual hinged doors, are adapted to clamp and hold the printing paper against the face of the negative. Mounted upon the opposite face of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 2, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 451,400.

printing frame from that holding the negative is a removable shutter E which is provided with pins E which engage holes E formed in the inner marginal edge of the frame. Said shutter is provided with a flange E which carries said pins, said flange being adapted to rest upon a shoulder F of the frame. A pivotal latch E is mounted in a recess in the outer face of the shutter E and is adapted to swing into a recess or slot a formed in the marginal edge of the opening in the frame. A second shutter L is provided with a flange L which extends about three edges thereof and one flange is adapted to rest upon a shoulder M about the marginal edge of the opening in the frame and also upon a flange formed upon the adjacent edge of the shutter E and, when adjusted in place, the opposite faces of said shutters are flush with each other and pins L upon the edge of the shutter L engage holes L on the adjacent edge of the shutter E. A latch L is pivotally mounted in a recess L of the shutter L and adapted to swing into a slot L formed in the marginal edge of the opening in the frame. It will be noted that the shutter L is substantially one-half the size of the shutter E for the purpose of allowing a fig ure to be printed half the size of the shutter E and, by removing the shutter L, a picture may be printed taking up half of the entire opening of the frame.

N designates a plate of glass, either ground or otherwise, and provided with a covering 0 of tissue paper which is preferably fastened to said plate and affords means for difiusing the rays of light to produce a softer and better printing effect upon the paper. Wires S are fastened across the corners of the opening in the frame and underneath these two of the corners of said plate are adapted to engage for cooperating with a latch R pivoted in a recess in the face of the frame and adapted to swing over the outer face of the plate to hold the same in place.

From the foregoing, it will benoted that, by the provision of an apparatus as shown and described, a plurality of pictures may be made from a single negative by the utilization of one or more of the shutters as may be desired and the pictures made therefrom will be provided with the white marginal edges, as the pictures are self-centering and it is not necessary to use a mask in making the pictures.

engaging said shoulders, and means for holding the shutters in place, as set forth.

2. A printing frame having a laterally projecting flange about the marginal edges of the opening therein, said flange being recessed. and the inner edge of one end of the frame grooved for the reception of the end of a negative, a spring-actuated grooved negative engaging strip for holding the negative in said groove, the opposite face of the frame from that in which the negative is adapted to be held being provided with shoulders, shutters having flanges thereon engaging said shoulders, the adjacent ends of said shutters having flanges which overlap each other, the opposite faces of the shutters being flush, and means for holding the shutters in place, as set forth.

3. A printing frame having a laterally projecting flange about the marginal edges of the opening therein, said flange being recessed and the inner edge of one end of the frame grooved for the reception of the end of a negative, a spring-actuated grooved negative engaging strip for holding the negative in said groove, the opposite face of the frame from that in which the negative is adapted to be held being provided with shoulders, shutters having flanges thereon engaging said shoulders, the adjacent ends of said shutters having flanges which overlap each other, the opposite faces of the shutters being flush, pins upon said shutters engaging holes in the frame, and pins upon one of the shutters engaging holes in the other shutter, and pivotal latches mounted one upon each shutter and adapted to engage slots in the marginal edge of the opening of the frame, as set forth.

l. A printing frame having means for holding a negative therein, flanged shutters, means for holding the same upon the shoulders formed in the marginal edges of the opening therein, the inner marginal edge of the frame having a shoulder flush with the outer face of said shutters, a light diffusing plate resting upon the outer face of said shutters and upon the shoulder which is flush therewith, and means for fastening the plate to the frame, as set forth.

A printing. frame having means for holding a negative therein, flanged shutters, means for holding the same upon the shoulders formed in the marginal edges of the opening therein, the inner marginal edge of the frame having a shoulder flush with the outer face of said shutters, a light diffusing plate resting upon the outer face of said shutters and upon the shoulder which is flush therewith, wires projecting across the corners of the openings in the frame, a light diffusing plate engaging underneath said wires, and a pivotal latch adapted to swing over the opposite end of the plate to hold the same in place, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. MOBGAN.

Witnesses E. G. Crow, C. R. BIsI-IoP. 

